Northamptonshire teacher banned for explicit pupil messages

A panel found that Georgie Worboys sent 2,000 texts to a student

A teacher accused of sending sexual messages and nude photos to a student has been banned from the profession.

Georgie Worboys, 44, was an art teacher at Prince William School in Oundle, Northamptonshire, when she began acting inappropriately towards a female student in early 2020.

A professional conduct panel found various allegations against her were proven.

Ms Worboys told the panel that she did not admit the allegations.

'Felt uncomfortable'

A panel of the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found that Ms Worboys, employed by the school since 2015, contacted one of her students on Facebook Messenger in February 2020.

She sent more than 2,000 messages over a five-month period and took part in conversations of a sexual nature, the panel heard.

In one image, she was pictured without a top or bra on and she asked the student to send back a nude photo.

She also sent Pupil A sexual messages, including "you always contact me when I'm naked" and "I thought about running my hand up the inside of your thigh very discreetly".

The sixth-form pupil told the panel that Ms Worboys made comments in class "about how low my top was, or how short my skirt was" and would "obviously look at my body which made me feel uncomfortable".

Pupil A also said that Ms Worboys asked to meet her in the art cupboard so they could kiss.

Georgia Worboys was an art teacher at Prince William School in Oundle

Ms Worboys wrote in an email to the TRA that she did not admit the allegations.

The panel found that all the allegations were proven except for three of inappropriate touching of Pupil A and a second student (Pupil B), and a further allegation that she was aware that Pupil B was vulnerable.

There was no evidence that Ms Worboys showed any insight or remorse and she was "calculated and motivated", the panel concluded.

The 44-year-old, who was not present at the panel hearing, was banned from teaching indefinitely and cannot apply for the prohibition order to be lifted.